Title
Linguistics and ASL: Morphology
Date
5-30-2013 9:30 AM
Location
Health and Wellness Center (HWC) 205
Department
English, Writing and Linguistics
Session Chair
Marjory Lange
Session Title
English: Linguistics, Literature, Writing
Faculty Sponsor(s)
David Hargreaves
Presentation Type
Symposium
Abstract
Like all human languages, American Sign Language (ASL) is a rule-governed communicative system consisting of arbitrary gestural features, phonemes or cheremes, combined into patterns of minimal contrast in order to create an inventory of basic morphemes, the smallest units of meaning in a language. By analyzing the contrastive features of signs, the first part of the presentation, by Abigail Roeder, will show how American Sign Language (ASL), like any spoken language, has its own rule-governed phonological-cherelogical system. Second, Ami Ruda will show how American Sign Language (ASL), like any spoken language, has its own rule-governed morphological system.
Recommended Citation
Ruda, Ami, "Linguistics and ASL: Morphology" (2013). Academic Excellence Showcase Schedule. 5.
http://digitalcommons.wou.edu/aes_event/2013/ewl/5
Linguistics and ASL: Morphology
Health and Wellness Center (HWC) 205
Like all human languages, American Sign Language (ASL) is a rule-governed communicative system consisting of arbitrary gestural features, phonemes or cheremes, combined into patterns of minimal contrast in order to create an inventory of basic morphemes, the smallest units of meaning in a language. By analyzing the contrastive features of signs, the first part of the presentation, by Abigail Roeder, will show how American Sign Language (ASL), like any spoken language, has its own rule-governed phonological-cherelogical system. Second, Ami Ruda will show how American Sign Language (ASL), like any spoken language, has its own rule-governed morphological system.